2013

Palmyra is a building built and designed to be energy efficient, keeping in mind the island country´s climate. This is a project on a beautiful river side plot with a large landscaped garden overlooking the hills beyond.

Morphogenesis works on the Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Kathmandu and airbrushes it with tradition and modernity.Nestled in the busy capital city of Nepal, Kathmandu, is a gorgeous 40-year-old heritage hotel, Soaltee Crowne Plaza.

India, with its large population and growing purchasing power, presents an alluring new opportunity for foreign product manufacturers, and international brands who are making bold, ambitious forays into the interior dTcor market. Some of them relate their experiences and outlook to CWI...

N Vasu, Founder Director, V3 Engineers, speaks on the various furnishing solutions the company offers. Yours is India´s first ISO furniture company. Tell us a bit more about yourself and your achievements.
We are amongst the first few modular furniture manufacturing companies to be ISO compliant from design to installation. We are also the first in our industry to implement green norms.

London-based design firm Doshi Levien has its roots in India. Their fantastic designs make India proud.
When the Mumbai-born Gujarati Nipa Doshi married her Scottish college mate Jonathan Levien, they gave themselves a wedding gift: a design firm that they christened Doshi Levien.

An Indian wedding-inspired sculpture by artist Carol Cole
Whether it´s the impact of colour, the space, the heavy patterns or the fantasy clothing, the magic of Indian weddings weaves its way into our hearts in different ways and at different times.

As if deconstructing a famous poem to prove a point, this coffee table by Studio Jobs brings out the value of contrasts while the marquetry collection by them in Indian rosewood depicts a bountiful farm life.

Inspirations need not always come from the past; for Sebatian Hernmer, Corbusier´s modern city of Chandigarh also sparks an idea...
This chair reminds one of the old manjis found in homes in Punjab. To see them in a collection of lounge chairs in solid wood designed by German designer Sebastian Herkner is heart warming.

Bharatanatyam Dancer Chair
Bharatnatayam, a classical dance form originating in Tamil Nadu, was traditionally a part of religious rituals in South India. In ancient times, the art was practiced by the devadasis, or wives of gods who were privileged to dance in Hindu temples.